Schulz Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Don't know if this is a psychological thing or a misconfiguration problem, but my Windows and Linux seems to have a slghtly noticeable lower audio quality than my Leopard installation on the same PC. At least the sound seems clearer on my headphones at OS X. Do you have noticed somenthing like this in your X86 installations too? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special-K Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 No, but on my Macbook it sounds better through head/earphones. Through the speakers though, it blows. Barely any bass. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-613394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan6288 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I noticed the same thing in osx. Don't know what is going on, but I like it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-614203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I agree, even with the battle to get Sigmatel 9227 going it sounds GREAT¨ SticMAN I noticed the same thing in osx. Don't know what is going on, but I like it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-614207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 yep, i noticed the same. maybe it's the drivers? azalia here (ALC 883?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-614223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Dirers are "patched" to make the soundcard works, sometimes they don't have all teh native resources as windows counterparts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-614233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermatea Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Since hardware doesn't change, the better sound quality must come from different software/driver configurations. As I recall, there are methods to "enhance" audio quality on a software level. If driver/sound configurations on both OSX and Windows are the same yet sound quality differs, OSX must be using a different native audio driver to that of Windows legacy drivers, and thus the sound is reproduced with more clarity. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-614724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xio Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 iTunes does have this horrible "enhancement" option turned on to default, maybe that's what you're hearing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-614742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Dermatea: ditto. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-614893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schulz Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 I'm also using the azalia driver... The enhancing option is not the case, turned off and still the audio is noticeably better, even itunes in windows isn't that good. Got to investigate this sometime. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-617140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 sound is clearer and louder on real macs too, compared to windows, must be some coreaudio enhancements Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-617615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 heh, opposite for me, sound sounds much much much much nicer on windows with my badaxe board Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-617617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Sound with my MAUDIO USB Sonica Thearter is awesome Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-619298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Here, the simple AC97 generic driver on mac ownz windows by miles same to say: sound volume is high and more clear than windows can do. using the same speakers on the simple stereo configs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-620076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smorf Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 got some high definition audio chipset, sound is just as in any other os.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86434-its-just-me-or-hackintosh-music-quality-its-much-better-than-in-windowslinux/#findComment-621719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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